Monthly Archives: January 2017

Roller rink

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We all had Monday off work/school for Martin Luther King Day so we went to local roller rink to rollerblade!

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Carter wanted to learn how to skate backward:

We also hit Jason’s Deli and the library, where Raine made this paper dragon.

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Christmas break activities

December 22 – finishing some Christmas shopping at the Galleria.

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December 27, Daddy took the kids to Urban Air trampoline park.

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Carter loved the jousting. Here is a video of Raine vs Carter as well as Raine on the obstacle course.

On December 28 we spent the day at Mountasia, enjoying the warm, windy weather. I took the wide-angle and fish-eye lenses for my cellphone that DJ gave me for Christmas so I got some photos with all of us in it, like this one on the go-carts.

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Raine loves the climbing wall.
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She made me climb with her; I’m on the easiest wall and she’s on the hardest.
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Kids vs parents flag football game on January 1. The kids were winning (we were at a disadvantage because their flags are a whole lot lower than our hands) when the game came to an abrupt end due to Raine skinning her knee on the sidewalk.

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The kids did a lot of rollerblading over the holiday break. On January 2 they convinced me to go with them to the parking lot at the school. Carter let me ride his scooter since I don’t have rollerblades.

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We had some gorgeous weather over the break. The kids made me dig out their shorts so they didn’t sweat too much while playing outside!

New Year’s Eve party

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Our Christmas-Eve-party turned News-Year-Eve-party was a blast. We started with dinner that included make-your-own quesadillas, tacos, nachos, and tamales.

Here are most of the younger kids: back row: Carter, Raine, Cade, Boston, middle row: Harvey, Hudson, Avery, front row: Penelope and Nora, missing: Alice and Frost
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I took a couple terrible photos during various events but didn’t warn people that I was taking them!

Playing twister with Carter, Jordyn, Matt, Hudson, Boston, Cade, and Nathan
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Getting ready for the white-elephant gift exchange. Kathleen and Matt Sweeney; DJ; Kara, Hillary and Bryan Boyer; Rauchelle Richey (Troy was on stair duty)
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James and Ashley Walker; Jessica and Evan Eastman
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I stole this white-elephant gift during the game, it needs to be framed on my wall!
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The kids had fun wacking the pinata.
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After the pinata, the kids played the left-right game.
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Melt-downs started shortly after 8:00 and everyone was gone by 8:30, that’s how it goes with the under-5 crowd!